Puppies not eating
Bulldogs World Forum Archives
These archives contain a copy of the contents of the old Bulldogs World Forum for reference purposes.Posting is disabled in the archives.
Click here to visit the active Bulldog Forum
Puppies not eating
Submitted by Anonymous on April 21, 2010 - 12:07amYesterday was a good day, these 2 puppies have had problems since birth. They are gaining weight and will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. Sometimes they eat well, maybe 2 feedings per day out of feeding them every 3 hours around the clock. Today they are not eating and one is very pale. I have tube feed them about 12cc's each. I had them to the vet 3 times already. They are on clavamox for upper respitory infection for 1 week now.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, most importantly, how much formula should they be getting and how often?
Thanks,
Sheryl
More articles we recommend:
Try a little nutrical or Karo Syrup...
to give them a sugar boost.
They may not be eating well because you're feeding them to often and they're just not hungry.
I feed every 3 hours the first 7 days, every 4 hours the next 7 days and then every 5 hours the next 7 days. At 3 weeks old, if they're standing pretty well, I start them on baby rice cereal with goats milk and a little strained lamb.
Good luck,
Sue
Try a little nutrical or Karo Syrup...
to give them a sugar boost.
They may not be eating well because you're feeding them to often and they're just not hungry.
I feed every 3 hours the first 7 days, every 4 hours the next 7 days and then every 5 hours the next 7 days. At 3 weeks old, if they're standing pretty well, I start them on baby rice cereal with goats milk and a little strained lamb.
Good luck,
Sue
I agree...you may be over-feeding them.
They shouldn't need to be fed every 3hrs at three weeks old.
I agree...you may be over-feeding them.
They shouldn't need to be fed every 3hrs at three weeks old.